Re: Package version in PG_VERSION and version() - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: Package version in PG_VERSION and version()
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Msg-id aa78cb86-2b60-8348-0f36-f7e87241487c@2ndquadrant.com
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In response to Re: Package version in PG_VERSION and version()  (Christoph Berg <christoph.berg@credativ.de>)
Responses Re: Package version in PG_VERSION and version()
List pgsql-hackers
On 1/17/18 10:14, Christoph Berg wrote:
> The difference is that when parsing version() (which is all my variant
> is changing), people already have to deal with extra stuff at the end
> (gcc version), while that would be new for "psql --version".

For me, having the package identifier in "psql -version" specifically
would actually be the biggest win in this, because that's where a lot of
issues arise (e.g., wrong libedit/readline library, different
compiled-in socket location).

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Peter Eisentraut              http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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